Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg reveal 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' plot details and tease 'X-Men: Apocalypse'

Empire magazine's latest issue centers on X-Men: Days of Future Past and has 25 different covers for different characters in the movie. In that issue, director Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg reveal some plot details and also tease X-Men: Apocalypse, the 2016 sequel.

[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD]

One question on fans' minds was how Wolverine has his adamantium claws back in the future sequences of Days of Future Past given the way The Wolverine ended. Singer did not explicitly state the answer, but he did offer the obvious explanation that Magneto could "reconstitute the adamantium claws...[Wolverine] has a different relationship with Magneto, and perhaps Magneto could forge them."

Secondly, some wondered why Rogue (Anna Paquin) received her own Empire cover even though Singer cut her big action sequence in the movie (a move that upset some fans).

"It was one real sequence in the movie," Kinberg said. "We felt like it was taking tension out of the main story drive."

"It does not mean that we won't see her in the film," Singer said. "Also, I hope to make the sequence available on the DVD as she was quite wonderful in it. She is an important part of the X-Men family. I'm very please she will remain as one of Empire's anniversary covers."

Finally, the two tease X-Men Apocalypse, which Singer notes is "more of a First Class sequel" and "it'll take place some time after this movie. What happens in this movie brings about what'll happen in that movie."

"One thing that interests me is the notion of ancient mutants," Singer said. "What would people thousands of years ago, without the benefit of science, think mutants were? And more importantly, what would mutants thousands of years ago think they were? Gods? Titans? Angels? Demons? And if such mutants did exist thousands of years ago, what became of them? Did one survive?"

"Age of Apocalypse was one of my favorite stories," Kinberg said. "We like the stakes of it, and it feels like a story that could impact a lot of our favorite characters in big, dramatic ways. We feel like it's a very different story from Days of Future Past. For starters, it's a very different villain, and the characters will be in very different places emotionally."

Finally, Singer addressed the rumors that an alien would possess Magneto in a post-credits scene in DOFP to lead to his becoming Apocalypse.

"That's not the case, and nor will that particular thing be in the film," Singer said. "People were concerned we were making Apocalypse an alien. It's odd. I don't know where that came from."

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[Quotes from Coming Soon]